"sunoo, niki, jay" sunghoon began as the four were hanging out at the cafe niki works at but niki had that the day off so he was hanging out with his friends

the boys all hmmed, looking at him, "you guys want to come to yuyu's birthday party?"

"sure!" riki exclaimed with a smile on his face

jay and sunoo looked at each other confused at who 'yuyu' was.

"..who's yuyu?" jay whispered, not knowing if he should know her or not

"oh! right. it's yuna. it's the nickname jake and i gave her" sunghoon responded and the two just let out an 'ohhh'

"yah sure" sunoo responded, "we don't see yuna often so gladly! oooo! i can get her a birthday gift now!" he clapped his hands excitedly

"jay?" sunghoon turned his head at the boy. he shrugged, nodding as well, "great. jake is coming already..soovin is coming also...i need to ask jungwon and heeseung along with her track members"

"she's in track?" jay asked, not knowing that information

sunghoon nodded, "she's captain of the team after the previous captain transferred schools. she's the fastest runner on the team and school"

"ooo can we come to her next event??" niki asked

"if you guys want too. i'm sure yuna wouldn't mind you guys there" sunghoon grinned

"i'm sure she would enjoy jake being there more though" sunoo spoke out of nowhere making all the boys look at him

"she likes jake??" jay leaned in, curious and also offended that he didn't know this, "why don't you guys ever tell me anything??"

"because we don't like you" sunghoon patted his back and jay just elbowed him in the side causing sunghoon to groan, "i'm just kidding geez.."

"i think?" sunoo tilted his head cutely, "she said-"

"should you be telling people this?" niki cut him off, not sure about sunoo telling jay about yuna's situation

"just tell me! i won't tell anyone" jay whined, annoyed that they kept everything from him

"yuna liked jake, jake also liked her-at least i think, jake ends up liking soovin, heeseung likes yuna and she thinks she also likes him" sunoo spoke simply

"now" sunghoon continued, "jake is jealous of heeseung and yuna spending so much time together but he thinks he still likes soovin but he's not sure. he's a whole mess right now. meanwhile, yuna is already losing the feelings for jake from what i can see"

"does jake know she likes him?"

sunghoon nodded, "she confessed to him on the day of the party..well drunk confessed then she told him everything the morning after but told him to not feel pity and yah"

"that was a lot to take in" jay was still processing everything that was just told

"yuna and jake will figure it out eventually" sunghoon spoke. he looked at the time on his phone, "hey we should get going. sunoo your art contest is in like 20 minutes"

"oh right!" he smiled and stood up from his seat

"you're not nervous?" niki raised an eyebrow as he stood up from his seat as well

"why would i be nervous?" sunoo tilted his head as he looked at niki, "i always win anyways"

"cocky much?" jay scoffed, getting out of his seat as well

"i mean i have won every year since i was in secondary school and..there's 3 contest every year and i win each one" he shrugged, "let's go!" he linked his arm with sunghoon

♡

the group of 6 friends walk around the auditorium of sunoo's school, looking at all the paintings of the students and while all were great; they could never beat sunoo's.

sunoo was off doing his own thing when he went over his group of friends, "hey guys"

"what's up?" jake asked, the group all now looking at sunoo

"is yuna noona here?" he smiled, clasping his hands together, hoping that yuna was there already

"why would yuna be here?" sunghoon asked, raising an eyebrow

"because-"

"sunoo!" a girl's voice called out for the boy.

sunoo turned around and saw yuna standing there, waving her hand at him, "yuna noona!" he exclaimed, running over towards her and began a conversation wit her

the boys were confused since they were not informed that yuna was coming; neither sunoo or yuna told them that she was coming

"i'm so glad you came! i hope you enjoy my piece since i worked very hard on it!"

"i've seen your past artworks, i'm sure it'll be great" yuna patted sunoo's head, a soft grin on her face

"i need to go to the back so please stay until it ends!" yuna nodded as sunoo quickly ran back to where he was supposed to be; backstage

yuna noticed the boys and walked over to all of them, "hey guys"

"didn't know you were going to be here" sunghoon spoke, surprised at her appearance. then he noticed her outfit, "why are you dressed so nicely or like..you're going to a dance performance?"

yuna looked down at her outfit; a black silk crop top with thin straps, a black blouse over it with black jeans along with a pair of black heels

"soovin and i were shopping the other day and i bought some clothes and shoes. i was trying them on then i saw sunoo's message asking where i was at and then i realized i almost forgot about his contest so i didn't have time to change and quickly had my mom drive me here. she was very much questioning my outfit"

"i think other people are too" niki pointed out. she looked around and felt some eyes on her; more specifically some of the boys.

yuna coughed awkwardly as she closed the black blouse but it was still kinda see through

jake was about to take off his jacket and hand it to her but he was too late, "here" heeseung walked over to her and handed her his hoodie, "it's oversized but it'll cover you up"

"thank you seung" she smiled, grabbing his hoodie into her hands

"aww you guys are so cute!" niki awed at the two, "are you sure you aren't dating yet?"

"no!" the two immediately shouted at the boy before turning pink..well heeseung's cheeks with pink while yuna's ears were red.

"okay! let's announce the winners of the art contest!" a voice boomed throughout the auditorium

"oh haha! we should go see sunoo win" heeseung quickly dismissed himself, pointing over to where the crowd of people were.

the group laughed; except jake who was just glaring at heeseung and sunghoon could see it but he wasn't going to question it at the moment

the group walked over to the crowd, standing in the front so they can see sunoo's work as none of them had seen it yet since sunoo wanted it to be a surprised.

sunoo would usually send them pictures of his painting when it's in the process so he could get their opinions but this he didn't and kept it a secret so the boys were very curious as to what he did

"hello! my name is yang gyuri! i'm the president of the student council and i'm so glad you all were able to make it! while it was exciting to see all the paintings around the auditorium, it is now time to announce 3rd, 2nd, the honorable mentions and most importantly 1st!" the girl who stood on stage spoke excitedly

"in 3rd place we have huang renjun with his painting called 'nonchalant afterthought' !" she smiled as she pulled down the white sheet from the canvas, revealing the beautifully oiled painting of a dancer who was doing a provocative dance but it was neither a girl or boy dancing; it was just a body

the crowd clapped and looked at renjun's painting in awe. renjun walked up to the stage from backstage, bowing at the crowd before the girl passed the microphone to renjun.

"that guy is part of like the biggest friend group in the school" niki spoke making the friends look at him

"what do you mean?" yuna asked, curious

"his friend group consists of 23 people, the oldest being born in like 1994 and the youngest born in 2002 i think" niki explained making the friends widen their eyes since that's a big age gap.

they all turned their attention back to renjun who was on stage. he looked at his painting then back at the crowd, a small smile on his face, "i'm going to be honest..i had no inspiration for this painting. i just drew one stroke with my pencil and from there i created this. though i won't lie, i got inspiration from my friend jisung when he was dancing along with my other friend gowon. from there, i decided to not make it one gender. when a boy does a provocative dance, he gets praised and all but the moment a girl does it, she gets shamed. it's upsetting that girls have to go through that and so i made this painting genderless. both men and women should be able to dance however they liked without being sexualized and without women being shamed for it. to be honest, i didn't expect to get placed up so high but thank you so much!"

the crowd clapped once more as he handed the microphone over to the girl as she placed the 3rd place medal over his head and around his neck.

renjun bowed once more before walking back stage again.

"now for 2nd place!" gyuri began and walked over to the other painting that was covered in a white sheet, "give it up for lee gahyeon with her painting titled 'euphoric' !" she removed the white sheet, revealing the beautifully watercolored painting of multiple temples in korea

the crowd clapped again as the light purple haired girl came out onto stage with a smile on her face. she walked over to the girl who congratulated her and handed her the microphone

"oo should i dye my hair like her?" yuna asked jake who stood beside her

"sure. i'm sure you'll look just as pretty" jake complimented her and she smiled in response

"thank you for 2nd place" gahyeon began as the crowd quieted down, "i always thought that temples were beautiful and so when i was creating this piece, i tried my best to put as much detail as i could and spent almost 3 months on it just for today. i hope you guys all enjoy it"

gahyeon gave the microphone back to gyuri after her short and simple speech. gyuri placed the 2nd place metal over her head and around her neck.

gahyeon bowed and the crowd congratulated her one more time before she walked backstage again

"now before we announce 1st place. let's name our 3 honorable mentions. i'm sure if you looked around you probably saw the names but let me list them anyways" she smiled, "we have ahn sunmi with her 'belated recognition', moon jaehyun with his 'redemption', and lastly jang seulgi with her 'mistake of rhythm' ! these paintings are displayed over there" she pointed over to a certain part of the room, "but let's invite the three on stage so they can receive their medals as well"

the three then walked up on stage as the crowd clapped for them.

they stood near the student council president, bowing in unison towards the crowd, thanking them.

gyuri went in front of each them, placing their medals around their necks.

the crowd all clapped again before they left the stage as well

"now. the one we all most excited for! 1st place" the crowd 'wooed' in excitement to see who it was; even though most knew but they were most excited to see what they had painted, "now, if you're not new to the school, i'm sure you all know who the winner is as he wins every year and he deserves it as his paintings are always so beautiful. it makes me jealous of how talented all these artists are" the crowd lightly chuckled

"in first place we have kim sunoo with his painting 'fairy mystery' !" the girl revealed the painting from the white sheet

everyone stared at the painting in shock at how beautiful it was; it was probably one of sunoo's most beautiful paintings

yuna stared at the painting in shock; she didn't know what she was expecting but it definitely wasn't what was shown.

even the boys stood in shock and they all looked over at yuna who didn't even glance at them and just continued to stare at the painting

sunoo walked up on the stage, a eye smile showing as the girl handed him the microphone, stepping back so he can speak

"hello" he greeted, the crowd calming down, "this is my painting fairy mystery. while some of you might be questioning, who is this? i'd like to announce that this is painting is of one of my best friends; bae yuna "

yes bae yuna.

in front of the crowd was a large canvas with yuna painted in oils paints on the canvas. yuna was painted beautifully with warm tones and colors. she had orange and yellow wings with her long orange hair. she had on a crown that was made of poppies and tree branches. the background were a bunch of tiny fairies and lights in a forest in the night time. yuna also had pointed ears in the painting similar to an elf

yuna was still processing the fact that sunoo based his painting off of her; most importantly that a painting of her won 1st place

"and thanks to her, i was able to win first place again! luckily for me, she was able to be here tonight to see me" he looked to the front, "hi yuna!" he waved his hand at the girl, "come up here with me"

"n-no..it's okay" she stammered nervously, not wanting to meet the eyes of the students in his school

"go up!" the crowd exclaimed, encouraging her; mostly because they wanted to see how she looked so they can compare the painting to her

yuna bit her lip, not wanting too. jake patted her shoulder and she looked at him, "just go up. it's okay" he smiled at her.

yuna gave in after that before she pushed herself through the crowd and nervously walked up the steps and onto the stage where she stood beside sunoo.

sunoo smiled as he clasped his hand with yuna so she wasn't nervous, "don't be nervous" he looked back at the crowd, "yuna is very pretty isn't she?" the crowd nodded and yuna became shy, "whenever i see yuna, i imagined her as something magical and more specific for my painting; a fairy. i also added pointy ears because elf ears just always look cute. but...yuna looks like a fairy in real life doesn't she?" the crowd agreed once more

"this oil painting took..hmm?" he looked at yuna, "about 5 months? i had to make sure i captured all of her beauty and aspects along with the aspects of a fairy. i could not disrespect yuna's beauty. though i could've just painting yuna by herself and there would be no difference"

yuna smacked his arm lightly, her ears being red from being embarrassed

sunoo chuckled, "thank you for first place everyone! i'll make sure i'll try my best again in my 3rd year all 3 times in order to get 1st place again!"

sunoo bowed and yuna ended up bowing as well since her hand was clasped with his. sunoo handed the microphone over to the girl and let go of yuna's hand.

gyuri looked over at yuna, holding out the microphone so she can speak. yuna looked at microphone and shook her head, denying it, "it's okay.."

"yuna say something!" sunghoon shouted

yuna shot her head towards him, "i will punch you" she mouthed towards him and he shrugged, a small smirk on his face

"say something!" niki then shouted afterwards, the group of 6 boys rooting for her

'why? this isn't even my painting' yuna contemplated in her mind

"just say something small yuyu" sunoo told her, patting her back

yuna sighed as she took the microphone and held it up to her lips, a few centimeters away, "hello..uhm..i'm bae yuna as you guys probably already know. uhm..i was very much not expecting this painting of me. i knew sunoo was good at art but this really just blew it out of the park. he did a good job and i'm very proud of him. i'm glad he made this painting of me and it got first place. i hope he does well for the rest of his paintings in the future" she smiled as she handed the microphone back to the girl

"yah!" a boy shouted from the crowd; a boy she did not know. yuna looked over at the boy in the crowd, "what's your number?"

yuna widened her eyes, not expecting that question

"okay that's a bit too personal" gyuri beside yuna spoke and awkwardly laughed, "let's give it up for sunoo!"

the crowd clapped again as yuna moved aside so gyuri could wrap the medal around sunoo's neck

once the medal was around his neck, sunoo clapped lightly, bowing at the crowd once more

sunoo went backstage while yuna went the opposite way and back down the stage, joining her friends again in the crowd

"someone's going to be talked about in this school from now on" sunghoon joked with her and she rolled her eyes

"that ends it for this contest!" she announced, "the auditorium will be open until 10 pm and it is currently 8:30 so if you haven't looked around yet or any late comers, you still have a chance to enjoy the paintings and even check out the honorable mentions! hope you guys enjoy your night!"

the crowd began dispersing, some leaving the auditorium and others going to see the rest of the paintings and observe them

sunoo quickly came back from the backstage and walked up to his friends. the boys and yuna immediately congratulated him on his painting, them complimenting him

"sunoo that was amazing!" jungwon patted his back, "really surprised us there"

"you definitely surprised this girl" sunghoon pointed at yuna

"it was a simple painting, nothing special" sunoo brushed off the compliments even though he knew it was amazing

yuna looked at him in shock, "it was not simple. it was so beautiful. i'm still in shock you did it based on me! why on me?"

"because you're beautiful! why else?" his eye smiled showed as yuna smiled in return, "and as a early birthday gift..i'm letting you keep the painting!"

"sunoo! no! that's your own hard work! you should keep it" she shook her head

"it's okay" sunoo waved his hands, "plus! it just gives me more excuses to paint you!"

"i'm going to cry. thank you so much sunoo" yuna hugged the boy tightly and he hugged her back, patting her back

"are you jealous of that?" sunghoon leaned down towards jake, whispering

"no shut up" jake brushed it off while sunghoon just chuckled, knowing he was jealous

the two pulled away and heeseung clapped his hands, "well since we're here, why don't we go celebrate at korean barbecue, i'll pay for you guys"

"alright don't have to tell me twice! let's go!" sunghoon wrapped his arm around yuna and began walking away. the group began walking and jake was behind everyone

his phone buzzed suddenly and he stopped walking. he took his phone out of his pocket and looked at the message, "uh..you guys go ahead. i'll catch up!" the group nodded and continued to walk

"now..really??" jake bit his lip as he looked at the message, "i have no choice" he muttered before he walked the opposite way of the friends